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All Hallows Eve

It’s been haunting me that I’ve been silent so long. I haven’t disappeared or gone into hibernation, it has simply been school and family. All good things, but it keeps me from writing, sharing, and creating. the ivy and the maple tree Last week, while I was helping my wife trim our puppies, who are not really puppies any longer. Ivy, at all at thirteen and half, is a senior dog and Fern, at four…

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Say their names….

It’s Monday, Nine-eleven. Every year, I go back to my seventh-grade geography class when I first learned of the horror of that morning. It was son’s first day of school of school and his excitement was dashed when he saw his mother, my wife, standing television set crying as she watched the news unfold that Tuesday morning twenty-two years ago. She comforted him when he asked, “Why are you…

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W^2 - ducky

W^2 or W squared for Wordless Wednesday, August 30, 2023 It is Wednesday and I am feeling ducky. I am five days into my twenty-fifth year of teaching and feeling like a duck on dry land, or perhaps skewered on a car antenna. Rubber duckies on a car antenna, Naperville, IL, August 19, 2023 10:30 AM I spied these rubber duckies on a car antennae a couple of Saturday’s ago while volunteering at…

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Tuesday's Tune: Thank God I'm a Country Boy

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W^2 – O say can you see….

W^2 or W squared for Wordless Wednesday, August 9, 2023 It is Wednesday, and I am in Baltimore for another baseball trip. This city and ballpark make 25 of 30. I have one last trip before school starts in less than two weeks. These baseball trips have been more than baseball. Each stop has been an adventure full of curiosity, history, learning and growth, and excitement. Sometimes it is planned,…

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Arch Rock, created slowly over time

Arch Rock Mackinac Island, Michigan USA We toured Mackinac Island in a horse drawn carriage Monday with friends. One of the stops along our tour was Arch Rock. Our tour guide shared the Ojibwe legends of a young woman whose tears slowly created the arch and another of how angry pileated woodpeckers slowly pecked away at the rock so a maiden could see the lake. But erosion, and science, explains…

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W^2 – east and west

W^2 or W squared for Wordless Wednesday, August 2, 2023 It is Wednesday, again and We are in Michigan by the lake with friends. It’s been a busy few days with the annual canoe race and a day trip to Mackinac Island Monday. We’ve been laughing and scheming and today our plan is to canoe down the river. Looking west, Sunday evening’s sunset. Lake Margrethe Grayling, Michigan July 30, 2023 8:58…

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July’s peaches make the summer count

Dutch Farm Market, South Haven Michigan Friday July 28, 2023 11:16 AM July peaches make the summer count. I stopped at Dutch Farm Market in South Haven on the way north yesterday. I only bought three things: peaches, blueberries, and beets. These three multiply the joy of summer from three words in to six, or more. Six Word Saturday Could’ve been, I stopped at Dutch Farm Market, or Summer’s…

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What I love about baseball

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W^2 - bite

W^2 or W squared for Wordless Wednesday, July 19, 2023 It is Wednesday, again. I am in Denver, Colorado for another baseball game. Last night’s game didn’t turn out well for my team, but they play 162 games in a season for a reason. I arrived yesterday morning and had a full day planned, capped with walking to and from the ballpark. goofing around at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science,…

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W^2 - colorful

W^2 or W squared for Wordless Wednesday, July 12, 2023 For this week’s Wordless Wednesday, I have a closeup of one of our hummingbird feeders and a bonus, a reverse view with a hummingbird. a hummingbird feeder from inside the house, Wheaton, IL Wednesday July 12, 2023 7:56 AM Today is the thirty-seventh day of summer break, almost to the halfway mark. Earlier this morning storms rolled through…

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a foggy Sunday dozen

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reprise, black and white

In response to yesterday’s post W^2 – black and white, a reprise of sorts. In hindsight, yesterday was a million and six times better than the day before. Our nephew arrived with his wife and young children just as the storms began to roll across the lake. A few minutes later his brother, another nephew arrived. It was wonderful to see them. Since my wife’s parents died, our paths only cross for…

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W^2 or W squared for Wordless Wednesday, July 5, 2023 For this week’s Wordless Wednesday post I have the early morning moon setting as the sun rises. moon setting over Lake Margrethe, Grayling, Michigan. July 5, 2023, 6:45 AM Today is Day 30 of summer break. Time is flying and I am missing my routine. I am an early riser, so I often have the morning to myself to do or not to do. This morning, I…

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W^2 – peanut

W^2, W2, or W squared for Wordless Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Today is Day 23 and yesterday, I took the train from Chicagoland all the way to St. Louis. It was my first real train ride in the United States. Trains in the US were once a BIG deal, but with the advent of the car, a national road system, and air travel trains declined in my lifetime. I don’t recall ever riding a train to go anywhere…

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Wordle, is it a game or a challenge?

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Day 18 – Friday, not just another day?

This morning as I stumbled through my morning routine, I noted in my reflection and gratitude app that it was Friday. Normally Friday would bring joy and be amazing, but during the summer when it is summer break, Friday is simply another day. Thursday evening’s sunset Fridays during the school year bring joy and anticipation of weekend plans and a less structured day. During summer break, almost…

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